Jasmine Cui

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Jasmine Cui

President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda has thrown the financial world for a loop for much of the past month. The on-again, off-again trade escalation with other nations — most notably China — has upended markets with investors fleeing U.S. stocks in search of more stable ground. And as experts and business leaders say the lack of clarity around the tariffs is every bit a challenge as the levies themselves, data shows economic uncertainty is the highest it has been in years.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jasmine Cui

President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda has thrown the financial world for a loop for much of the past month. The on-again, off-again trade escalation with other nations — most notably China — has upended markets with investors fleeing U.S. stocks in search of more stable ground. And as experts and business leaders say the lack of clarity around the tariffs is every bit a challenge as the levies themselves, data shows economic uncertainty is the highest it has been in years.

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Jasmine Cui

President Trump has claimed that the escalating trade war — which he intensified Tuesday with broad tariffs against America’s major trade partners that have sent the stock market plummeting — will spur companies to forgo foreign goods and return manufacturing to American shores. But data suggests that the U.S. economy is not ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing and that it would take years to ramp up production capabilities.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jasmine Cui

President Trump has claimed that the escalating trade war — which he intensified Tuesday with broad tariffs against America’s major trade partners that have sent the stock market plummeting — will spur companies to forgo foreign goods and return manufacturing to American shores. But data suggests that the U.S. economy is not ready for a wholesale shift to manufacturing and that it would take years to ramp up production capabilities.

Mar 27, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Jasmine Cui

Buyer difficulty is easing. However, prices remain high, and experts say progress could ride on policy decisions — tariffs and trade wars chief among them.